Trump is 'at a moment of desperation' as election slips away: MSNBC analyst

Reacting to the increasingly harsh rhetoric about immigrants coming out of Donald Trump's campaign, MSNBC political analyst Elise Jordan suggested the former president has become desperate.

During a discussion on threats from Republicans to let the government shut down if they can't tie a new budget bill to the so-called SAVE act which would make voting more difficult for minorities, Jordan pointed out that the former president is hoping for a shutdown as a political ploy to help his campaign.

With MSNBC host Joe Scarborough stating, "Donald Trump is again leading them down a dangerous electoral path," Jordan replied, "Donald Trump doesn't actually care about the functioning of the American government and that American citizens have government institutions that are funded and able to respond to their needs."

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"He cares about scoring political points right now," she accused. "You look at what happened with the border bill: there was a chance for there to be bipartisan agreement to do something about the crisis at the border, but, no, Donald Trump torpedoes it."

"He's not interested in policy and doing anything that actually helps the American people. He only is out for himself and his narrow electoral interest, which is why we're seeing increased fear-mongering. Him using words like 'infested' and 'dehumanizing' to immigrants and migrants," she elaborated. "We're hearing that because he is in a moment of desperation."

"It reminds me of 2018 when he was ranting about the caravans of migrants coming over the border: that was an election where he was nervous. He didn't fare as well. I think this is just repeating again," she predicted.

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